Title: Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
Date: June 8, 1895
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
More metadataForm No. 44.
Night Message.
The Western Union Telegraph Company.
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Thos. T. Eckert, General Manager.
Norvin Green, President.
Number 397 [1]
Sent By ChQs
Rec'd By J
Check
16paidnite 465
Received at 212 South 13th Street, Omaha, Neb. 943p
M. Standard TIme June 8 189 5
Dated Fitchburg Mass 8 [2]
MacTague Hotel [3] Omaha neb
Paxton party out anxiously waiting your report have Hymer stop expense have every body pay share expense
W F Cody.
Note 1: Telegram is handwritten by clerk or William F. Cody assignee. [back]
Note 2: Buffalo Bill's Wild West performed in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, on June 8, 1895. [back]
Note 3: McTague Hotel: James Hugh McTague (1858-1926) was the owner of a catering service in Omaha, Nebraska, and opened a basement saloon with partner Charles Little under the name of Little & McTague. McTague later opened a European-style hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, before relocating to Missouri. [back]
Title: Telegram from William F. Cody to George T. Beck
Source: University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Beck Family Papers, 1858-1992 (bulk 1884-1919); Acc. #10386, ah10386_0004
Date: June 8, 1895
Author: Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917
Topic: Buffalo Bill's Wyoming
People: Beck, George Washington Thornton, 1856-1943
Sponsor: Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.
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